The Patriot Podcast 1776
★★★★★

Mispronunciation topic from the latest episode

Totally feel Christina on this one with the words she never knew she was saying wrong- growing up wayyy outside of Pittsburgh with a mother from Pittsburgh I never questioned my pronunciation of certain words because that’s how my mother said they so I assumed she was right until my boyfriend at the time who’s family was from Cali pointed out 2 things that just made my 30 year old brain cramp up. 1: that apparently “Nebby”, a word I’ve heard my entire life (meaning a nosey person) was Not a real word or “Pittsburghese” as I came to find out is a thing and 2: that I was pronouncing the word “drawing” with an L like “drawling”. And now since I moved back to Pittsburgh I hear it Everywhere! Even my 9 year old says it and I’m always telling her “draw-ing baby, no L”. And the list goes on.
It’s definitely shocking to find out you have an accent you never knew you had even when you didn’t grow up in that region 🤯

Jan. 13, 2021 by Trash_panda_mindfulink on Apple Podcasts


The Patriot Podcast 1776

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